ultram seizures?

[bigrick21]

hello i just found this site and i have been on ultram for over 10 years i remeber when it came out and was new needless to say ive been on it everyday i have a back condition iam 28years old and addicited !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ive had back surgery also i feel like iam in pain i just took my last pills today and iam scared to death iam in florida with mother and i know noone iam living here now due to a domestic abuse realtionship so iam really screwed i know ill be at the er all day tomorrow some one just please helpme please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   thank you for all youre stories it helps!
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JODI88  
Sep 27, 2007 07:59PM
To: ANY ONE WHO WILL LISTEN
TH E WITHDRAWS I GO THRU ARE HORRIBLE FROM ULTRAM I TAKE 20 A DAY IVE LOWERED THAT NOW THAT I WENT INTO SEZUIRES BUT IAM STILL ON THEM LIKE I SAID ITS BEEN OVER 10 YEARS EVERYDAY OF TAKING ULTRAM IAM REALLY INTERESTED IN ANY HELP ANY ONE HAS TO OFFER THANKS AGAIN
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[teresa811]

Here in Florida too, mother of three. I've been on tramadol for 9 1/2 years, 240, 50 mg pills per month .For fybromyalgia and ostyo arthritis of the lower back..I started weaning myself down 2 years ago to 120 per month and I was miserable.So much pain.Even taking the 8 per day I still never was a 100% pain free.
This past year I've continued to wean myself off of them , I started by dropping one pill every other day for months at a  time, then another then another. Until this last three months I've continued until now I've gotten  down to one pill a day. I already feel like my minds coming back, like I've been off in the head for 9 1/2 years because of this med. I would tell people it helps the pain but it doesn't effect the mind , not true and now that I'm coming off of it, I can tell just what it has done to my thinking..Its like waking up from a  bad dream. I feel like I've lost 9 1/2 years of time.I've also had the problem the whole time of a bad cough or strangleing problem when it was time to take the pills, they forced me to take them, once they go in my system the choking and cough would go away. I got to where I'd take them just to keep from coughing.The Dr.s said it wasn't the tamadol. well the tramadol was causeing it ,I'd choke one hour before it was time to take the doses every day all day. and even at one pill a day now ,when its comes time to take it the cough begins and hour before.Once I take it with in minutes the cough leaves, until one hour before the next pill.I've been in hell with pain and takeing this medication.I wish I'd never started it. Its not something you can go off of cold turkey, I think you'de loose your mind if you did. My body has drawn up and ached and has been in torment coming down off of this stuff. It makes your nose run and makes you sneeze, your legs throb,your arms feel like there breaking.Head ache after head ache.nurvous, finding yourself sitting and one leg shaking ,Shame on the Dr. that put me on this stuff, sure it helped some, but I think in the long run it did more harm than good.
Doctors dont tell you of what you'll face down the road once you start this stuff ,I think they just give you something to shut you up.I'm so thankful to God for helping come through this, I've layed awake many nights just saying God help me.He has . I still have to get off the last pill, And with Gods help I will.

[SLadylani]

Hey :) How did the day you expected you'd be in the ER go? I feel you on pain being an issue and pharmacology being a slippery slope that can lead to deadly addiction. I know plenty of people in NA who had time, even years clean who went out on a gnarly relapse on pain killers after an injury of some sort. I'm actually in the same place right now. I lifeted a patient by myself on an assignment and my back looks like a zig zag mark. I'm getting an MRI of my neck and considering surgery. I take pain killers yes, but am very carefull with them. Each time before I take a dose I ask myself if I am trully in deep pain. And there are some days I need to take them and some days I don't. So they don't run my life, I don't have to take them in order for me to function, the mental obsession is not there. That's what's most important for me. Some members with less clean time or stability than I have to give their pain killers to their sponsors to hand out to them. Basically I put recovery first, but I have a strong beleif no human should have to be in pain. How's your Ultram use going right now? What about your pain? Got your note FYI. Hope all is well!

Sara RN

[gnarly_1]

HI welcome to the forum ....I know you just want to kick ultram but you already found out you can have seizures just tapering to fast let alone just jumpiing off C/T your really should have a doctor help you do a SAFE taper we do have a few members here that I will send an e/mail to so that they can get a hold of you and mabe help out in your situation so look a bit later for there posts just know this is going to be a long process you need to taper slowly to avoid more seizures good luck and God bless.....Gnarly    

[bigrick21]

Progression=profession

[bigrick21]

Your story exemplifies the slippery slope of pharmacology today. I came of age during the 70's.  We all know what that means. Anything went. Drugs were "normal". If you didn't participate, well... You didn't participate!  Fortunately, entered a progression requiring me to get it together, eventually!  That background will always be mine. The only thing that keeps it from coming back to life is probably just the knowledge it will destroy me.  I'm dealing with a "simple" Ultram issue now, but I think I've got it whipped! KIT!

[SLadylani]

Thank you for saying that to me  :) It's an extra gift to hear my story can help someone as I don't always get to hear that.

Sara RN

[scoenen]

sara- you are a real inspiration.  thanks for your thought provoking words

[SLadylani]

Oh goodness, you must be going through a hard time, I can relate. All I can offer is my experience of strength and hope, and hope that you may take something from it. I am almost 24 years old and have been clean for over 4 years, got clean when I was 19, first attempted when I was 16. When I used I used hard, so it got bad fast for me. I checked myself into rehab at 16. I remember the day i first knew I was an addict. I tried meth for the first time-the one drug I swore I'd n ever do-had a horrible time, felt physically ill, and didn't even get high. The next day I was purple from dehydration and felt like I'd been hit by a train. I knew I was an addict though when I asked for more. That's addiction for me. Doing something even though I don't want to, and despite the consequences. I started going to NA-Narcotics Anonymous after rehab. I felt I didn't fit in as I was the youngest, hadn't been to prison , hadn';t lost my kids, or hadn't prostetuted. I was looking at all the differneces and not the similarities. So I thought I oonly needed to stay away from meth. So eventually my only caloric intake became a bottle of Baccardi 151 every day, I was lesss than 80 lbs and started shooting up heroine. But I was staying away from meth so i was doing great. Then I thought I could quit everything by myself, without NA or outside help. Needless to say I went insane shortly thereafter. Eventually I went back to meth and heroine, and everything, ended up in a spiritual psychosis where I was trying to commit suicide to save the world, overdosed and died but continued to use, got kicked out of my house, went through 25 grand, the works. My last day of using. I snuck back into my mom's house because I was convinced she stole a peice of me-something I was looking for. I was searching through her nightstand when I found a fortune cookie that read "what you;re looking for is closer than you think." At that moment I had an awakening, a moment of clarity. I realized I was insane, what I was looking for was intangible, and I was never going to find what I was looking for by doing things my way, or doing things alone. I got my phone, called an old friend from NA, and went back to my first meeting. This time I started working the steps. I can't explain to you the miracles I experienced. My whole perspective on life changed. I didn;t hate myself or the world anymore. I had hope. I had something to live for. I ended up going to nursing school and am continuing to fulfill my dream. Today, I still go to meetings, work the steps, am of service, sponsor others, and do all things suggested. I've had struggles, but I know how to walk through them today and don't need a pill to get me through them. I wouldn't change my life or my past for anything. I am happy, joyous, and free. The obsession to use has been lifted. It's crazy. I think about helping others today instead of just myself. But I know as soon as I take that first drug, one is too many, and a thousand never enough. I never want to go back to that viscious cycle again as it was misery. Whatever path of recovery you find, I beleive in you and know you can do this. If I can do it, certainly anyone can ! I applaud you for coming to this website and seeking help. Let us know what we can do. All I had to do was take things one day at a time, sometimes just one minute. Just not use for this minute. And those minutes turned into over 4 years. Freedom from addiction exhists, and you deserve to be free :) I'm trully sending loving thoughts your way and am sending you the best of wishes. Keep us posted!

Sara RN